Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-24
STANlEY'S HABITS,
How the Great Explorer Preserved II
Health Under Trying Circumstances.

How the Great Explorer Preserved His
Health Under Trying Circumstances.
81 am now forty-four years of age"
said he, land spite of all the hardships
endured upon my travels through The
Dark Continent have never felt bet
ter in my life"
''And you attribute this to what?'
ITO the accumulation of information
on correct habits of health"
"How did you come to take interest
in the subiect?"
al didn't begin to study health for
the sake of the study. 1t was in the
course of special work | came to New
York in 1867 and was sent by Mr..
James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York Herald, to accompany General
Napier's expedition to Abyssinia.
"Then your education in health laws
beganP"
"Yes, practically. | had not thought
much about the subject before, even
then it was not deep study. l only
saw how much work could be done
with simple habits. used no liquor;
the slaughter of the cattle of the coun-
try, and a common dark bread, made
from millet, and milk. | was not
day i'll from the beginning until the
expedition returned home in May, 1868.
In the Cretan revolution, 1868, | also
represented the New York Herald, and
my health experience was the same. |
had plenty of plain food, meats. rye
bread and milk. In the early part of
1869 | went to Spain for the Herald. 1t
was the time of the Carlist war. NV
habits continued still about the same"
Were you able to bathe regularity"
Certainly. | used tepid bath
every morning when spending some
time in one place, and regularly at the
end of "A march. | have always used
rough towel vigorously after bathing,
and find the exercise and friction most
agreeable. At Zanzibar |
formed an expedition for The finding
and relief of DR.. Livingstone. | en-
ployed two white men and 200 natives.
One of the white men, Shaw, had been
mate of an American ship, and the
other, Farquahar, mate of an English
ship. Both had been accustomed to
hardship, but were fond of liquor. 1t
was the awful consequences attending
their indulgence in it that first aroused
my attention to the effect of alcoholic
stimulants in Africa. sent Farquahar
forward a few miles 20 form camp. and
when paying up the hotel and other
bills, found that he had drank up
eighteen bottles of brandy before start
ing. The effect upon him was still visi-
BILE after we had iourneyed $50 miles.
He then became dropsical and died.
Shaw had been helping him to consume
the brandy at Zanzibar. He was mo-
rose, and when he could get no more
left ut Unyanyenbe, 900 miles march,
His object was to find an opportunity
to drink to his hearts content of the
stale beer obtainable there. heard
that he, in delirium l suppose, put an
end to his life. | continued my Jour
ney with the natives until | found
Livingstone, in few weeks afterward
He was lodged at place within 900
miles of Zanzibar, to reach which it
took me eight months. In the course
of our conversation he said: Wine and
women have been the curse of the white
man in Africa BY wine he meant
every intoxicating beverage of the
country"
"Was DIR. Livingstone teetotalerp''
'ln Africa he never touched liquor
Of any kindl"